Shirt



H. H. REINEQUE.

SHIRT.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.I4, I9I9.

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Patented July 5, 1921.

Application filed August 14, 1919. Serial No. 317,543.

To all whom t may cof/wem.'

Be it known that I, HENRI H. REINEQUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in shirts, and has for its object to provide an article of the character specified, having interchangeable cufis and interchangeable front plait, arranged to be connected to the shirt body or disconnected therefrom, so that those parts which become soiled most easily may be removed and replaced by clean parts.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shirt constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a portion of one of the sleeves;

Fig. 3 is a similar view of one of the cuffs;

1Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section at the front p ait;

Fig. 5 is a section at right angles to. Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a transverse section of the sleeve at the cuff, showing the manner of connecting the cuff to the sleeve.

In the resent embodiment of the invention, the s irt body 1 is of the usual construction, having the collar'band 2 and the sleeves 3, and the lower end of the sleeves 3 instead of having cuffs permanently attached thereto have interchangeable cuffs which may be series of button holes 9 corresponding in` number and spacing to the buttons 5 of the sleeves. This flap is buttoned into the sleeve as shown in Fig, 6, and when so buttoned into place the shlrt sleeve will resemble the sleeve of the ordinary shirt so far as appearances go. The cuff shown is a turnedover cuff, but it is obvious that any other style of cuff might be used.

At the closing fiaps at the front of the shirt the edges of the iap are merely hemmed, and one flap 10 is provided with a serles of buttons 11, the said buttons being sewed to the flap in the usual manner. The other iap 12 is provided with a series of button holes 13 adapted to be engaged by the buttons 11. A series of interchangeable plaits 14 is provided, corres onding in color tothe cuffs of the series an matching them with any figure, and each of these plaits have a series of button holes 15 spaced to correspond with the spacing of the buttons 11. It will be evident that when this plait is buttoned onto the outermost Hap of the shirt it will provide a facing that will correspond in color and figure to the cuffs.

' Preferably each pair of cuffs is formed from two plies of material of different color or of different figures and each front plait is similarly formed, hence each pair of cuffs and a corresponding fromt plait provides what is in effect two shirts, that 'is provides for two changes. The flaps 10 and 12 as well as the front plaits 14 have registering button holes for receiving the neck collar button 16.

I claim:

A shirt comprising a body having a permanent bosom, the shirt having a front opening and fastening means for said front opening, cufiiess sleeves associated with the body portion, detachable cuffs adapted to be associated with the sleeves and each having an extension flap adapted -to be receive within the opening of the sleeve, fastening means arranged on the inner side of the sleeve and coperating with the extension flap, and a detachable plait adapted to be arranged along the front opening of the shirt and being releasably secured in position thereon by the fastening means of said front opening.

v HENRI H. REINEQUE. 

